Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL

Subject: *.3DS import problems

imagist opened this issue on Nov 22, 2005 · 8 posts

imagist posted Tue, 22 November 2005 at 9:39 AM

Hi All, I have just bought a model in 3DS & max format and have tried to load it into Poser 6 but with no luck. I can load it into Vue ok but as I want to pose a figure on the motorcycle I need to be able to have it in Poser to work out the figure positions

Regards

Keith

Message edited on: 11/22/2005 09:45

wheatpenny posted Tue, 22 November 2005 at 9:48 AM Site Admin

Poser sometimes has problems importing .3ds format. When I run into problems what I usually do is load the model in somehting like Deep Exploration, then convert it into .obj format then import that into Poser.



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imagist posted Tue, 22 November 2005 at 10:18 AM

Thanks I will try it out Regards Keith

MatronAdena posted Tue, 22 November 2005 at 7:15 PM

Another option, though I prefer to make most of my models from scratch in Maya, then import them in obj format, Sence you are working with a 3DS format I suggest loading it into another modeler/render like MAX, Maya etc, Rhino supports 3ds formats, and they have a fully working trial too, so that is a suggestion as well

lmckenzie posted Tue, 22 November 2005 at 8:43 PM

Do a Google search and get PoseRay. It's free and does a good job of importing and converting .3ds files to .obj (plus tons more functions).

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infinity10 posted Tue, 22 November 2005 at 9:24 PM

Wow ! Many thanks lmckenzie, for taking me back to my Pov-Ray roots with that link! It's been 6-7 years since I mucked around with that in command line mode, those days (how I did that, I cannot imagine, my being such a non-techie and all that).

I surfed that PoseRay link and re-connected with my Pov-Ray heritage. Nowadays, I'm mostly using Poser6 and sometimes DS, and I think I need to catch-up on Persistence-Of-Vision.

Eternal Hobbyist

 

imagist posted Wed, 23 November 2005 at 1:00 AM

"Sorted" thants to all who replied Regards Keith

lmckenzie posted Wed, 23 November 2005 at 2:28 PM

You're welcome infinity10. PoseRay does make PovRay a bit more human accessible (in addition to being a nice conversion and geometry modification tool). You still have to muck with code to really get the most out of it though.

"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H. L. Mencken